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oI-IARLEs E. JEFEERS, 0E LoGAN'sPoRT, INDIANA.

SHOOTING-GALLERY.

SPECIFIGATIONl forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 631,720, dated August22, 1899.

/Application led May 12, 1899. Serial No. 716,562. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES B. J EFFERs, of Logansport, in the county ofCass and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful I'mprovementin Shooting-Galleries, of which the following is a specification.

My inventionis designed to provide ashoot-l ing-gallery in which thereshall be a series of moving gures as targets to test the skill of themarksman and increase the zest of the amusement and in which there shallbe also combined a suitable motive power and a mechanical piano or organso arranged as to start the piano upon making a center shot orotherwise, as may be desired.

It consists in the features of mechanical combination for carrying outthese result-s', as will be hereinafter fully described,and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 isa plan view. Fig. 3 is a front elevation looking in the direction of thearrow in Fig. 1 and with a part of one of the front plates broken away.Fig. Ltis a rear view, partlyin section, on line 4 4, Fig. 2, looking inthe direction of the arrow in Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 7 are Views of one ofthe movable targets on the traveling chain, Fig. 7 being a plan view andFig. 5 a crosssection on line 5 5. Fig. 6 is a detail of another movabletarget. Fig. 8 is a rear view of the piano-starting target, and Fig. 9is a rear view of the bell-ringing target.

A, Figs. 1 and 2, is a line of shafting running from the target to aposition near that of the shooter. This shafting is provided vwith aband-pulley a, that is connected by a belt a to a band-wheel a2 on asuitable motor B. The latter is by preference a gasoleneengine; but anyother suitable motor may be employed. C is a mechanical piano whoseoperating parts are connected to a band-wheel c, which is connected byabelt c' witha bandpulley c2 on the line of shafting A. This band-pulleyis loose on the shaft and is arranged to be connected to it by a clutchmechanisln, so as to rotate with the shaft and be driven by it or bedisconnected therefrom, as may be desired. For this purpose (see Fig. l)this band-pulley has a grooved collar ai' with clutch-teeth that engageclutch-teeth er on a disk rigidly fixed to the shaft. A

hand-lever D is hinged at its lower end and is provided with a fork d,that embraces the collar of the band-pulley c, and is arranged to throwit into engagement with the clutch on the shaft, and thus cause theshaft to turn and operate the piano.

The gallery proper consists (see Fig. l) of a series of light timbers inthe form of posts E E E2 E3 E4 on each side, with cross-bars F F', oneat the top and the other at the bottom. In front of the posts E E arearranged two L-shaped mask-plates G G', of sheet metal, which protectthe timbers from the bullets. Extending across the gallery from side toside are a series of travel-boards H H H2, which are arrangedhorizontally and on which travel the objects which constitute targets tobe fired at. These boards are arranged at a gradually-increasing heighttoward the rear like stair-steps, and behind each one there is aVertical metal plate I I' l2 to protect the timbers and objects behindfrom the bullets. Over each oneof these travel-boards there passes theupper run of an endless sprocketchain. The first chain J passes aroundsprocket-wheels h h at the opposite ends of the lower travel-board. Thesecond chain J passes around sprocket-wheels h h at the opposite ends ofthe second travel-board H', and the third chain .l2 passes aroundsprocketwheels h2 h2 at the opposite ends of the third travel-board H2.These chains have attached to them various figures, which form targets,as at 1 2 3, which glide along the upper surfaces of the travel-boards.made to travel by connection of their respective sprocket-wheels withthe main line of shafting A. For this purpose a pulley e on the shaft A,behind the face of the gallery, transmits motion through a belt e' to apulley 62 on the axis S of the first sprocket-wheel, and twin gears ffand g g transmit the power to the axes S' and S2 of the othersprocketwheels.

Objects of various sizes and kinds are intended to be carried by thesprocket-chains. The smaller ones are designed to be knocked over whenstruck, and the larger ones have some vulnerable point, which whenstruck indicates the shot. For the smaller ones (see Figs. 3, 5, and 7,which show a duck) the iig- Said chains are IOO ure l is attached to abase-plate t', hinged to the chain, and is provided with a set-screw t2,

by which it can be so delicately balanced that a bullet striking it inthe direction of the arrow, Fig. 5, will throw it over on its hinge, asshown in dotted lines. A llaiger one (see Fig. 6, which shows a lion)has its head pivoted at u and so arranged that when a representation ofits heart t' on the outside is struck a spring-catch u' is forced oft apin u2 and its head drops. The larger igures are also provided witheccentric rollers 2, which as they run over the travel-board give theanimals the appearance of galloping.

In order to cause the smaller igures when knocked over to come up at theother end of the board in an upright position, a stationaryspring-guardi, Figs. 2 and 3, is made to strike against them and turnthem right side up.

The metal shield in rear of the upper travelboard is larger than theothers and has an arched center, and behind it there are arranged othermoving figures which revolve about an axisfand have other movements.

II, Figs. 2 and e, is a shaft in the middle of the gallery arrangedhorizontally and pointing in the line of fire. This is journaled insuitable boxes in the -framework and carries a sprocket-wheel K', thatis connected by a chain belt 7a2 to a sprocket-wheel K3 on the sameshaft S2 as the sprocket-wheel of the upper travel-board. The shaft K isprovided with rigidly-attached arms 7s, Fig. 4, bearing on their endsfigures of animals, which when the arms revolve show above themask-plate in front and appear to be chasing each other. The figure ofan eagle is mounted on the end of an upright bar Z, Fig. 4, which ishinged at its bottom and is connected by a rod Z' to a bar n., jointedto a wrist-pin or crank on a disk m of the shaft K, so as to impart avibratory motion to the bar and eagle. The .figure of a rabbit and anIndian are also mounted, respectively, on the ends of bars m' and n andare arranged to be given an upand-down movement above the circular poi'-tion of the mask-plate by being connected to the wrist-pin or crank onthe disk m.

On the extreme rear end of the shaft S2 there is abevel-gear 0, (seeFig. 1,) which engages a second bevel-gear o' on the lower end of avertical shaft O, which at its upper end Ihas a horizontal groovedpulley O', Fig. 2, around which passes an endless belt O2 to a second'grooved pulley O3 on a vertical shaft O4 on the other side. Upon thisendless traveling belt are hung representations of birds fw, which maybe made of terra-cotta, plaster-of-paris, or other light breakablematerial, which are .made to travel horizontally with the belt and aredetachably fixed thereto.

At the front part of the gallery, on each side, there is an offsettingvertical metal plate P and P', Figs. l and 3, and between them and theL-shapcd plates G G' there is arranged on each side an endless belt p,running around a pulley p2 at the top, and .another'one,p, at the`bottom and bearing representations of squirrels 1;, which appear at theedges of the plates P P', running up on one side and down on the other.These are also made of plaster-of-paris, terra-cotta, or other breakablematerial and are arranged to be quickly and easily secured to the chain.These chains are set in motion by the lower sprocket-wheels, which arefixed rigidly on the prolongation of the shafts S of the lowertravel-board chain.

R R', Figs. 3, 8, and 9, are two round targets on the upright parts ofthe plates G G'. These targets have central holes. Behind one of them,R, and in line with its central hole is a bell composed of a triangularbit of steel r, Fig. 9,suspended at one of its corners, which rings whenstruck by a bullet passing through the central hole. Behind the centralhole in the other target R' there is a movable catch fr', Fig. 8, whichis drawn upwardly by a spring r2, but held down by pin r4, and isattached to a wire r3, running around pulleys q q, Fig. 1, to thehand-lever that controls the piano. When a bullet passing through thecentral hole of this target strikes and dislodges the catch r' from pinr4, the spring, pulling on the wire r3, throws the hand-leverand,connecting the piano to the shaft A,starts the music.

For the easy assembling and fixing of the various parts of thesheet-metal plates in their places they are made detachable and havekeyhole-slots s, Fig. 3, that drop over lag-screws in the timbers tohold themin place.

Instead of having the moving parts of the gallery moved by machinerythey may be moved by hand or horse power, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A shooting-gallery having one or more horizontal travel-boards, anendless belt or chain passing over the same, hinged targets attached tothe chain, and set-screws for adjusting the balance of these target-ssubstantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a shooting-gallery, the combination with a suitable frameworkbearing a maskplate with a circular margin; of a shaft arrangedhorizontally and in the line of re behind said mask-plate, and havingradial arms with target-iigures mounted on the same, appearing outsidethe circular margin of the mask-plate, and means for rotating the shaftsubstantially as described.

3. In a shooting-gallery, the combination with the bullet-proof sideplates having a vertical mask-plate in front of them of an end-l lessbelt arranged vertically about sprocketwheelsbetween the mask-plate andthe side plate, and having target-ligures of squirrels or other objectsprojecting outside the maskplates and arranged to run up one side anddown the other as set forth.

4. In a shooting-gallery, the combination IOO IIO

of an automatic musical instrument, a horianism of the clutch, saidcatchheing arranged zontal shafting with clutch, a belt connecting whenstruck to start the instrument to playthe instrument and shafting, and alever for ing substantially as described.

controlling the clutch and connecting the in- CHARLES B. JEFFERS. 5strument to the shafting, and :L target having Witnesses a. center holewith a tripping-catch behind it, GEORGE vS. KISTLER,

a Wire connecting it with the shifting mech- GEO. A. CUSTER.v

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